For this Flick City episode I interview Jacqi Vene, star of Fear Street Part Two: 1978, talks about her new movie The Surprise Visit. This is my first time chatting with Vene, so some background info is discussed as well. Find Your Film co-host Bruce Purkey recently filled in for me during the Belle virtual press day, and he asked director Mamoru Hosoda a question; I added that audio at the end of this episode.
The Surprise Visit hits theaters and On Demand January 14. Belle hits select theaters on January 14 as well.
Interview Timestamps: 0:00 – Intro and brief summary of The Surprise Visit and Belle 6:41 – Jacqi Vene on shooting The Surprise Visit during the pandemic 10:06 – Vene on growing up in Reno and not growing up a city slicker. 16:08 – On working with co-star Eric Roberts 18:00 – The feedback and momentum she has received since Fear Street: Part Two 19:18 – Vene on playing her character in Fear Street: Part Two 20:33 – On being persistent as an actress 22:00 – Vene on her passion for visual storytelling 23:31 – She directed the new short Glitter 25:40 – Vene breaks down why directing is a draw for her 26:55 – One of her favorite films is Interstellar. More recently she loved The Alpinist 29:14 – On the advantages of living outside of Los Angeles 31:28 – Bruce Purkey asks filmmaker Mamoru Hosodaabout the multi-layered facets of the real and virtual word of Belle.
On this CinemAddicts episode, we cover Find Your Film’sBruce Purkey and Eric Holmes review the Meander (one of Bruce’s favorites of 2021) and the upcoming animated feature Belle. Greg absolutely roasts The Tender Bar, which is streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Plus Eric continues to talk up his love for Netflix’s Don’t Look Up.
Anderson is back the middle of the month to preview the rest of January!
I interviewed Josh Ruben, the director behind Werewolves Within. The horror-comedy is now out on Blu-ray and DVD (it’s also available in a limited VHS edition format).
Interview Timestamps: 3:30 – On Mishna Wolff’s script and editor Brett W. Bachman 5:06 – Working with the ensemble cast 6:36 – Production design and shooting in Phoenicia, NY 8:15 – On the limited edition VHS of Werewolves Within 11:25 – Josh Ruben offers his thoughts on NFTs
To round out December 2021, San Fernando Valley residents Anderson Cowan and Greg Srisavasdi offer up their thoughts on Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza. Greg expresses his disappointing over Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley but he loved the new feature The Novice, and Anderson discusses why he may give The King’s Man a shot. They also cover Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta.
Anderson Cowan will be back middle of the month to wrap up the December movie preview, and Find Your Film co-hosts Bruce Purkey and Eric Holmes join the show to talk about the first two weeks of December. We also review Benedetta, Death of a Telemarketer, and Wolf (all films come out December 3).
We also cover the films we want to see that are coming out on December 10. For our Bonus Patreon episode, we are covering the year 1944.
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I also review (7:24) the Blu-ray for Respect (featuring Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin) and discuss my latest Blu-ray giveaway for the Donnie Yen headlined action thriller Raging Fire (13:39). I reviewed Raging Fire on the Find Your Film podcast.
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On the latest episode of CinemAddicts, Anderson Cowan and Greg Srisavasdi preview some of their anticipated movies of November. Anderson does a quick recap of his thoughts on the horror-drama Antlers and Greg also throws some love to Bergman Island.
Anderson is also not too excited to see Eternals or Belfast, but we are both looking forward to Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest feature Licorice Pizza. Greg checked out the new Scott Adkins feature One Shot and he loved it!!
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Last Night In Rozzie, the story of a lawyer named Ronnie (Neil Brown Jr.) who tries to grant his childhood best friend Joey’s (Jeremy Sisto) dying wish, took me by surprise. I wasn’t expecting to be personally affected by this film, but the drama featured excellent performances (including Nicky Whelan as Joey’s ex-wife) and an immersive narrative that packed a punch during its lean and mean 80 minute run time.
Director Sean Gannet and writer Ryan McDonough were also forthcoming and amiable during our chat, which actually lasted a lot longer than I anticipated. I also asked McDonough a spoiler question regarding Joey’s fate during our interview, and that clip is available for our CinemAddicts Patreon members.
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Filmmakers Desiree Connell and Scott B. Hansen talk about their indie horror feature Bad Candy. Movie is headlined by Zach Galligan (Gremlins) and Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor. Interview starts at the 8:00 minute mark!
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